Outside Magazine, Jun 2002

CLIMBING LESSONS FROM THE SCHOOL OF TOMAZ HUMAR He's summited 26,504-foot Annapurna I, alone, in a whiteout. He's survived a night on the west face of 25,770-foot Nuptse, alone, after his climbing partner was blown off the mountain and his tent burned down. And he has scaled the south face of 26,810-foot Dhaulagiri, alone, living through avalanches and self-administered dental surgery. Is Tomaz Humar the best alpinist in the world, or just the luckiest?By Peter Maass

25th ANNIVERSARY EXPOSURE SPECIALSHOOTING THE WORKS A celebration of truth, beauty, nature, strength, mystery, and—oh yeah—gnarly amplitude, as seen through the eyes of some of our favorite photographers.

WHAT'S GALE NORTON TRYING TO HIDE? Greens call her James Watt in a skirt, but flattery is getting them nowhere. With the country distracted by events overseas, George W. Bush's quiet but aggressive Interior Secretary has craftily bypassed Congress, rolled back enviro regulations, and ushered in a huge new push for oil, natural gas, and mine development on public lands. Next up: ANWR. Welcome to Beltway hardball, Norton-style.By Weston Kosova

LIVING IN DOG YEARS Let us now praise Radish, who saw the world as a heaping banquet table, ate his way from end to end, romped and farted with gusto, and then one day said, "I'm full."By Bill Vaughn

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF ALTITUDE Rick Young thinks he alone knows the secret to Orville and Wilbur Wright's first motorized flight in 1903. Now, if he can only fly his replica without getting killed.By Carl Hoffman

THE WILD FILE What's the highest unclimbed peak in the world? How much food would a man-size hummingbird need to survive? And more.By Brad Wetzler

OUT THERE Stalking an elusive songbird last seen in 1938, a naturalist confronts the myths and monsters of the Brazilian wilds—and succumbs to the thrill of a tantalizingly futile chase.By Scott Weidensaul